DADI Foundation

DADI Foundation

Organisation: DADI Foundation

Apply By: 31/07/2018

The Challenge

Less than 50% of people live in fully functioning democracies. Following more than a decade of declining global freedom, the rights of minorities, the rule of law, freedom of the press and free and fair elections are all under threat.

We have the opportunity to help shape a paradigm shift enabling truly transparent and accountable governance in an era where we are at risk of more elections but ever decreasing democracy.

Our first award will focus on how technology can be used to counter this threat by:

increasing access to justice

strengthening civil society

empowering citizen journalists OR

equipping future human rights activists and technologists to build and participate in more robust democracies.

How it works

In addition to the £10,000 the successful applicant will be able to access extensive technical support, potentially making significant savings on tech development costs. The successful team will do an initial diagnostics session with tech and project management experts to identify specific support needs. Depending on their needs we will offer the following: